CU Startup News

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    Innosphere has announced the 2025 cohort of its Life Sciences Incubator, featuring 33 startups advancing solutions in biopharma, digital health, diagnostics and medical devices, including three ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ startups: Kioga, Endios Bio and IntraLumenus.
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    ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ Chancellor Justin Schwartz, Forbes—Since World War II, the U.S. research and development (R&D) enterprise has driven an era of prosperity and innovation, fueling breakthroughs in space, medicine and technology while empowering our national security and international trade.
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    Venture Partners at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ bridged a historic investment gap to move a deep tech spin-off a step closer to the marketplace by awarding $100,000 in pre-seed funding to PrecisionTerra, founded by CEO Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan (alum, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ Physics). Gopalakrishnan went on to win $144,000 in additional funding for the company in the 2025 New Venture Challenge.
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    ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ Today—In a major step toward accelerating Colorado’s climate innovation economy, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ has launched Boulder Climate Ventures, a new interdisciplinary program that equips students to develop and launch high-impact startups focused on climate solutions.
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    ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative—The 2025 New Venture Challenge (NVC) culminated in a final showcase on April 23 with a live audience cheering on the University of Colorado Boulder’s next exciting innovations. At an event filled with big ideas and even bigger entrepreneurial spirit, six teams competed for a record $325,000.
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    Albuquerque Journal—ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ startup Mesa Quantum is commercializing its quantum sensors, which target more robust position, navigation and timing applications in miniaturized atomic clocks. It’s now one step closer to that goal.
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    Manus Bio—Manus, the proven bioalternatives scale-up platform, and Inscripta, a ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ spinout and leading life science technology company helping to create the bioeconomy, today announced a strategic merger to establish a unique end-to-end platform for scalable development, biomanufacturing, and commercialization of bioalternative products.
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    CO-WY Climate Resilience Engine—The CO-WY Engine accelerator program accelerates the commercial pathways and company growth of early-stage startups using digital twins as a key aspect of their solution. ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ startup BioSensor Solutions is dedicated to transforming agriculture and mitigating environmental degradation by developing cost-effective, high-performance sensor systems.
  • Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator and Destination Startup
    Venture Partners at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ and its partners across the Intermountain West once again demonstrated the power of university innovations with back-to-back startup showcases for the Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator and Destination Startup. Both provided a platform for cutting-edge startups, breakthrough research and high-growth potential ventures to connect with industry leaders and investors.
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    Coloradan Magazine—ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ researchers are bringing innovations out of their labs and into companies that have real-world impact. The university is a national leader and spinout powerhouse, launching 35 companies in fiscal year 2024 and over 100 since 2016, according to Bryn Rees, associate vice chancellor for innovation and partnerships.
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